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The Labour Department (LD) will hold a public talk entitled "Occupational Health for Cleansing Workers" on November 16 (Monday). To enhance workers' awareness of occupational health, the talk will elaborate on the occupational health hazards of indoor cleansing and their preventive measures. Demonstrations of workplace exercise will also be included.
The talk will be held at 3pm in the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon. The LD's Occupational Health Nurse will give the talk.
The LD will hold another talk entitled "Chemicals and Occupational Health" on November 23 (Monday). The talk will explain the ways in which chemicals enter the human body and their health effects. Preventive measures against chemical hazards will also be discussed.
The talk will be held at 2.30pm at Fanling Occupational Health Clinic, 7/F, Fanling Health Centre, 2 Pik Fung Road, Fanling, New Territories. The LD's Occupational Health Nurse will give the talk.
Both talks will be conducted in Cantonese. Admission is free.
For enquiry or registration, please call 2852 4040.
Ends/Monday, November 9, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:02
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